These Times (Mike Stern album)

These Times
Studio album by Mike Stern
Released	January 13, 2004
Studio	Carriage House Studios (Stamford, Connecticut) Avatar Studios and B & C Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:44
Label	ESC Records
Producer	Jim Beard
Mike Stern chronology
Voices (2001) These Times (2004) Who Let the Cats Out? (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]

These Times is an album by Mike Stern, released in 2004 through ESC Records. ^{[2] [3]} The album reached a peak position of number eleven on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. ^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Stern, except "If Only" where music was written by Mike Stern and lyric by Richard Bona ^[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chatter"	6:11
2.	"Silver Lining"	6:37
3.	"I Know You"	5:07
4.	"Mirage"	6:47
5.	"If Only"	5:31
6.	"Street Rhyme"	6:39
7.	"Avenue B"	6:14
8.	"Remember"	6:04
9.	"These Times"	8:14
10.	"What You Believe"	6:47
11.	"Last One Down"	5:33
Total length:		69:44

Personnel

• Mike Stern – guitars
• Jim Beard – acoustic piano, synthesizers, organ
• Jon Herington – rhythm guitar (10)
• Béla Fleck – banjo (3)
• Will Lee – bass (1, 4, 6, 7, 9)
• Richard Bona – bass (2, 3, 5, 10), percussion (2, 10), vocals (2, 3, 5, 10)
• Victor Wooten – bass (8, 11)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1-7, 9-11)
• Dennis Chambers – drums (8)
• Arto Tuncboyaciyan – percussion (1, 4-6, 9)
• Don Alias – percussion (8, 10)
• Kenny Garrett – soprano saxophone (1), alto saxophone (7, 9)
• Bob Franceschini – tenor saxophone (4, 8, 11)
• Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (6)
• Elisabeth Kontomanou – vocals (1, 2, 4, 6)

Production

• Joachim Becker – executive producer
• Jim Beard – producer, recording
• Phil Magnotti – recording, mixing
• Aya Takemura – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Joachim Oster – design
• George Lange – photography
• David Burrell – management

References

1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1340. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
2. "Press releases / Mike Stern - These Times". Mike Stern.org. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
3. "These Times". Allmusic . Retrieved August 1, 2011.
4. "Mike Stern: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
5. "5097467-Mike-Stern-These-Times/image". Discogs.